Like the Explorer, the Pathfinder was a pioneer in the field of truck-based midsize SUVs. Thanks to its product cycle, is is also the last of the big-volume models to try to get back to its big 100,000+ level by switching to transverse-engine unibody platform

So, what's next for the Pathfinder? After earning its place in the market as a body-on-frame model, becoming unibody in its second gen, and going back to body-on-frame for the third, the 26-year-old Pathfinder will again be a unibody for its fourth generation.